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  2. Potential gradient - Wikipedia

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    The simplest definition for a potential gradient F in one dimension is the following: [1] = = where ϕ(x) is some type of scalar potential and x is displacement (not distance) in the x direction, the subscripts label two different positions x 1, x 2, and potentials at those points, ϕ 1 = ϕ(x 1), ϕ 2 = ϕ(x 2).

  3. Band diagram - Wikipedia

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    The vertical axis of the band diagram represents the energy of an electron, which includes both kinetic and potential energy. The horizontal axis represents position, often not being drawn to scale. Note that the Heisenberg uncertainty principle prevents the band diagram from being drawn with a high positional resolution, since the band diagram ...

  4. Length constant - Wikipedia

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    This means that the length constant is the distance at which 63% of V max has been reached during the rise of voltage. Setting for x = λ for the fall of voltage sets V(x) equal to .37 V max, meaning that the length constant is the distance at which 37% of V max has been reached during the fall of voltage.

  5. Diffusion current - Wikipedia

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    where D is the diffusion coefficient for the electron in the considered medium, n is the number of electrons per unit volume (i.e. number density), q is the magnitude of charge of an electron, μ is electron mobility in the medium, and E = −dΦ/dx (Φ potential difference) is the electric field as the potential gradient of the electric potential.

  6. Retarded potential - Wikipedia

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    Position vectors r and r′ used in the calculation. The starting point is Maxwell's equations in the potential formulation using the Lorenz gauge: =, = where φ(r, t) is the electric potential and A(r, t) is the magnetic vector potential, for an arbitrary source of charge density ρ(r, t) and current density J(r, t), and is the D'Alembert operator. [2]

  7. Potential energy surface - Wikipedia

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    Potential energy surfaces are commonly shown as three-dimensional graphs, but they can also be represented by two-dimensional graphs, in which the advancement of the reaction is plotted by the use of isoenergetic lines. The collinear system H + H 2 is a simple reaction that allows a two-dimension PES to be plotted in an easy and understandable way.

  8. Scalar potential - Wikipedia

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    Scalar potential is not determined by the vector field alone: indeed, the gradient of a function is unaffected if a constant is added to it. If V is defined in terms of the line integral, the ambiguity of V reflects the freedom in the choice of the reference point r 0 .

  9. Lennard-Jones potential - Wikipedia

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    Lennard-Jones truncated & splined potential The Lennard-Jones truncated & splined potential is a rarely used yet useful potential. Similar to the more popular LJTS potential, it is sturdily truncated at a certain 'end' distance r e n d {\displaystyle r_{\mathrm {end} }} and no long-range interactions are considered beyond.